§9.12.1gratulor Baiis nostris, si quidem, ut scribis, salubres repente factae sunt; nisi forte te amant et tibi adsentantur et tam diu, dum tu ades, sunt oblitae sui.
I congratulate our Baiae, if indeed, as you write, they have suddenly become healthy; unless perhaps they love you and flatter you and, for as long as you are present, have forgotten their own nature.
quod quidem si ita est, minime miror caelum etiam et terras vim suam, si ita tibi conveniat, dimittere.
If indeed this is so, I am not at all surprised that even heaven and earth should lay aside their power, if it should thus suit you.
§9.12.2oratiunculam pro Deiotaro, quam requirebas, habebam mecum, quod non putaram.
The short speech in defense of Deiotarus, which you were asking for, I had with me, which I had not expected.
itaque eam tibi misi; quam velim sic legas ut causam tenuem et inopem nec scriptione magno opere dignam; sed ego hospiti veteri et amico munusculum mittere volui levidense crasso filo, cuius modi ipsius solent esse munera.
And so I have sent it to you; which I would like you to read as a slight and meager case, not greatly worthy of being written down; but I wished to send a small gift, light but of coarse thread, to an old host and friend, of the kind his own gifts are accustomed to be.
tu velim animo sapienti fortique sis, ut tua moderatio et gravitas aliorum infamet iniuriam.
I would wish you to be of a wise and brave spirit, so that your moderation and dignity may shame the injustice of others.